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Canandaigua, N.Y. — A woman is charged with first-degree identity theft for a months-long scheme, according to the Ontario County Sheriff's Office. Nichelle Beale, 48, of Canandaigua, used another person's identity to rent a unit from Candlewood Apartments on County Road 28 from May 1 through Aug. 13, 2025, the sheriff's office said. She also failed to pay rent and utilities, stealing more than $6,000 worth of service from the complex. The sheriff's office said Beale was arrested Monday and taken to Ontario County Jail, where she remains in custody as she awaits arraignment in CAP court.

Investigators probing what they described as the torturous killing of a 24-year-old transgender man in upstate New York, allegedly at the hands of five people, say they have found no evidence that the homicide was a hate crime. The remains of the victim, identified as 24-year-old Sam Nordquist of Minnesota, were discovered on Wednesday in a field in Benton, New York, in Yates County, according to Capt. Kelly Swift, a New York State Police investigator. Swift said investigators suspect that Nordquist was tortured and killed in neighboring Ontario County and moved "in an attempt to conceal a crime."

CANANDAIGUA NY--In court papers made public this morning, a Farmington woman admitted that she killed two of her infant children. DeBeer told police that she was pregnant a total of eight times, underwent three abortions, gave one child up for adoption and wanted only “the best life possible” for the 6-year-old and 8-year-old children who survived and were living at home with her and her husband Brian DeBeer, 32, at the time of the couple’s arrest. ”I never meant for my life to be so out of control,” Stacey DeBeer said at the end of her 20-page statement, made public...